What's happening in your garden this spring?

[Martinspuddle]

Still, great tasting chili that’s not too hot

Taking of Chili and Peppers, I learnt something the other day, that I didn't know.

Apparently nether of these fruits are actually hot or spicy. It's our pain receptors present on the surface of the tongue that tell our brain the fruit is unpalatable.

The heat taste repels most animals from consuming the fruit. Birds are the exception, which are responsible for spreading their seeds of the plant.

More useless information.

[fr499y]

Yes it’s the Capsaicin in the peppers that bind to the receptors that detect and regulate heat/pain in the body, which is why some people can’t eat jalapeños and yet others can scoff Scotch bonnets with little reaction.

I used to grow Thai peppers and cross pollinate them with jalapeños with some interesting outcomes. Sometimes the Thai peppers came out a little bit sweeter which I preferred, other times the jalapeños tasted like they’d kill you ahh fun times.

I do want to grow some banana or some peperoncini as I enjoy just eating them out of jars lol.